Oh, I love it when I get to dine out! No prepping, no cooking, no baking, no clean up! So, you can imagine how happy I was when I recently got to dine out three different times.

Dining Out #1 was breakfast with Mom. We were enjoying a Girls Day Out by going out for breakfast and then an afternoon of shopping. We went to a breakfast joint in Warren that was originally an A&W many, many years ago.


The Metro Diner


Scrambled eggs, home fries, raisin toast & coffee


Mom's as happy as I am and ready to go shopping.


Dining Out #2 was a Wednesday fish & chips night. Restaurants around here feature this meal as specials on Wednesdays and Fridays all year 'round. This is a place call the Topside Restaurant & Lounge and it's located here in Bristol, overlooking the harbor and sitting right by the East Bay Bike Path. Dining is either in the indoor restaurant, at the bar, out on the upper or lower back decks, or on the sandy "beach" dining area on the ground level near the decks.


The Topside Restaurant/Lounge


I'm anticipating a heartyy serving of "never greasy" fish & chips.


Here's mine!

Edie's first bite.


Dining Out #3 was a Tuesday night dinner at the home of our new friends, Colleen and Kath. "Come on over", they said, and that's all the invitation we needed. It was a nice meal of tortilla chips with a variety of salsas for an appetizer, delicious chicken fajitas and Corona beer for the main course, and then, after some time of sitting out in the yard, strawberry shortcake for dessert.


Kath contemplating something with that can of whipped cream while Colleen is absorbed in eating her dessert.

Comments:

comment by troutbend on July 14, 2009 8:51 PM ()

I feel lucky that I'm living on the shore, too. I just love being near the water and I don't think I'd be as happy living anywhere that wasn't near the water, although I do enjoy spending time in other areas. Yes, the food can be good here, too, and seafood is definitely very popular and good. Glad you enjoyed the post and maybe you will make the raisin bread sometime, huh? I rarely have it, but find it makes a nice treat once in a while.

reply by donnamarie on July 14, 2009 9:32 PM ()

the 3 F's
family + friends + food= FUN!

Dining out is the biggest treat for the cook!!

Really large portions!

Three great meals with great company! It doesn't get any better than that! I loved the fish and chips meal. That's one of my faves to eat! The strawberry shortcake looked sooooo yummy!

just love that anticipation photo-----you look like cat getting the cream 3 in a row you struck the jackpot

comment by kevinshere on June 30, 2009 12:35 AM ()

Does my smile/expression give it away? I knew it was going to be good and, yep, I was just like a cat getting the cream.

reply by donnamarie on June 30, 2009 6:20 AM ()

Three cheers for a yummy food and great company!

comment by marta on June 29, 2009 10:56 PM ()

Well, thank you....and I'm with you because I always cheer for good food AND good company!

reply by donnamarie on June 30, 2009 6:29 AM ()